Cycling noob - weight loss question

[Winstonian1984]

Personally, I dont worry about all diets and stuff. My formula....skip breakfast,its not the most important meal of the day,eat what I want and train hard and I dont eat for a few hours after training.

 

Dont see the purpose to stress about what to eat and reading labels. As long as you expending more energy than you consuming you wont gain weight. Dropped 23kgs in just under a year and my cycling has improved like crazy.

[capeofstorms]

To some extent it DOES matter what you eat. If you 19 years old then yes, go ahead and pig out. It eventually catches up on you, the older you get. The stats are out there. SA lies 6th in the world when it comes to diabetes. Hypertension is a silent killer and getting out of control(suprising increase in the black population). All of this you can control by eating intelligently!

[DieVlieg]

Txs all! Going to try a generalist approach at first, leaning towards LCHF.

 

1) Avoid obvious bad food - sugars, take aways etc.

2) Reduce starch (potatoes and bread mostly?)

3) Grain is mostly cereals (and bread again?) - reduce.

4) I'm big on meat, so this is covered.

 

So what do you use for a quick snack when that ravenous hunger get to you coming from work for instance. I would dig into biltong (OK it seems) and Pro Vitas (not so good?). What are good, healthy...and low maintenance, easily available...fillers?

 

It seems like you are on the right track. Do not worry yourself with carbs and the fats. Both have it's advantages. With a 100km a week you do not need aditional carbs or any carbs. But as soon as you try doing more than 50 a day at high intensity with climbing and fast pedalling start upping your carbs as definately will start feeling wacked at work and at home.

 

I lost my first 10kg by just eliminating the things you mentioned. I incorporated some form of high fat in my diet by eating home made salad creams and I ate a cereal in the morning and a fruit or two a day.

 

I found LCHF a good intervention but as I started going more than 12 hours intensive training by my standards I really needed those carbs back in my life. But I'm trying to get them in a good and wholesome way as possible.

 

It has never been mentioned or proved but I feel never mix carbs and fat together. Soaking bread in fatty sauce. I think that causes the most weight damage especially washing it down with sugar.

[DieVlieg]

BTW. I have lost all fat I could spare in my legs arms face and upper body. How do I target the gut, tube, belly, papsak. That piece of my body is shrinking but proportionally caries most if not 80% of my fat at the moment. Or so I feel.

[clauderoux]

Txs all! Going to try a generalist approach at first, leaning towards LCHF.

 

1) Avoid obvious bad food - sugars, take aways etc.

2) Reduce starch (potatoes and bread mostly?)

3) Grain is mostly cereals (and bread again?) - reduce.

4) I'm big on meat, so this is covered.

 

So what do you use for a quick snack when that ravenous hunger get to you coming from work for instance. I would dig into biltong (OK it seems) and Pro Vitas (not so good?). What are good, healthy...and low maintenance, easily available...fillers?

Boiled eggs

[Boerklong]

I just stopped drinking alcohol for 9 weeks and I have lost 10kg. Been partying it up for a while. Cant wait for my first beer after K2C

[kevin.hockey.90]

Hi,

Forget about LCHF or Paleo or Atkins or whatever. You need to make a LIFESYLE change.

You already on the right track. Cutting out simple carbs that has no

nutritional value. Eat SENSIBILY. Be aware of what you eating and have your "binge" days.

Reduce sodium intake as well.

Also time your eating. Eating late at night is generally not a good idea.

Preparation of food is also key.

The equation for weightloss is really pretty SIMPLE

Weight loss = Amount of caloroes you consume - Amount of calories you expend

Last sentence untrue

[SwissVan]

BTW. I have lost all fat I could spare in my legs arms face and upper body. How do I target the gut, tube, belly, papsak. That piece of my body is shrinking but proportionally caries most if not 80% of my fat at the moment. Or so I feel.

 

LOL for men the gut is the last place you loose fat thats just how it is.

If you want to see that six pack you probably need to be patient and / or reduce your fuel intake some more.

 

Much like wimmen put it on the hips n bum while loosing it everywhere else first, men do the same but on the belly instead.  First place to put on and last place to loose.

Genetics is a witch sometimes.

 

Men and wimmen loose upper body and lower leg fat first, hips, bums and boep last...experience from 50 years of watching the human body